William Zattára—originally from Southern California, is a self-taught composer/musician of 15 years that has excelled at engineering and production in the orchestral and electronic genre for over 6 years. His major was in Entrepreneurship from the University of Utah and he graduated with honors from the Los Angeles Recording School in Recording Engineering.

Zattára has interned for Sony Pictures Entertainment in both the Television and Sound Production departments where he was part of ADR and scoring sessions including: Howard London in "True Grit," James Newton Howard in "The Green Hornet" & John Powell in "Mars Needs Moms."

He has been a part of several film and TV projects including "One" a short by Corina Maritescu, "The Shack" a short horror film by Andrew Schwarz, "We Are The Night" a short drama by Rodolfo Ornelas Camas, and collaborated with Gabriel Hidalgo to form hypoCenter and work on "Blood Knight," a 30 hour smart phone game from the Boston based company iPwn Studios. He is also currently working with Hyung Gyu Oh on the mobile game "Feel the Force" and collaborating with two other composers on "In Memory," a first person RPG by Aaron Martin.

Zattára has recently finished the University of Southern California's graduate program for Scoring to Motion Pictures and Television. He has been part of three major collective projects while attending the program; one with Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, the other with Ed Shearmur and Teddy Shappiro as well as a mixing seminar with Dennis Sands.

Zattára's musical influences and favorites (in no particular order) include:

Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi, Chopin, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Satie, Delibes, Mascagni, Hans Zimmer, Clint Mansell, Trent Reznor, Gustavo Santaolalla, John Powell, Michael Giacchino, Thomas Newman, James Horner, Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota, Ed Shearmur, Koji Kondo, Matt Uelmen, Inon Zur, Rob Dougan, Ottmar Liebert, Enigma, Joaquin Lievano, Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Massive Attack, Underworld, Air, Orbital, The Chemical Brothers, Lamb, NIN, Deftones, Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Nirvana, Coldplay, Muse, Radiohead, Beck, IAMX, Soda Estereo, Maná, Kent, Ultra Bra, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Duran Duran, OMD, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Beasty Boys, Tu-Pac, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Bob Marley, Miles Davis and many more.

Zattára's favorite films, old tv shows, and games include:

Pulp Fiction, The Count of Montecristo, Braveheart, Ratatouille (and anything Pixar), Gandhi, The Matrix, The Motorcycle Diaries, Karate Kid, Office Space, Casablanca, I Love Lucy, The Simpsons, House, Sex and the City, Diablo II, Counter Strike, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Half-Life 2, Fallout 3, and many more.

Zattára's uniquely personal achievements include:

• Started and operated a taco stand for over a year
• Finished a Sprint Triathlon
• Learned Finnish
• Won a chess tournament in High School
• Became scuba certified
• Had lunch with Jeff Bridges and Ethan Cohen
• Drove Owen Wilson, Tom Arnold, and Billy Connolly to the Tonight Show
• Lived in and visited Mexico, Finland, Italy, Austria, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, France, England, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and the Bahamas.

Please feel free to contact my manager or me anytime! (Hablo español)

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